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Spotify CEO Sells Company Stock As Share Price Doubles

Baystreet - Mon Apr 29, 9:09AM CDT
Daniel Ek, the co-founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of Spotify Technology (SPOT), is selling down his stake in the audio-streaming company after its share price more than doubled in the last 12 months.

In recent days, Ek has filed to sell $119 million U.S. worth of Spotify stock. The latest sale comes after the companyโ€™s share price has increased 109% in the past year to $289.59 U.S.

Ek previously sold $60 million U.S. of Spotify stock in February of this year. It is the first time that he has sold company stock more than once in a year since the market rally of 2021.

The 41-year-old CEO, whose net worth is estimated at more than $4 billion U.S., still owns 7% of Stockholm, Sweden-based Spotify.

Ek isnโ€™t the only technology billionaire selling company stock.

He joins Tim Cook at Apple (AAPL), Michael Dell at Dell Technologies (DELL), Amazonโ€™s (AMZN) Jeff Bezos, and Meta Platformsโ€™ (META) Mark Zuckerberg in selling company stock this year after share prices increased over the last 12 months.

In Spotifyโ€™s case, its stock has surged 267% since the end of 2022 when the current bull market in equities began.

Ekโ€™s latest stock sale also comes after Spotifyโ€™s stock gained the most it has in almost two years on April 23 when the company reported that it swung to a profit in the first quarter of this year.

Other executives at Spotify have also been selling their stock in the company, with co-presidents Alex Norstrรถm and Gustav Sรถderstrรถm offloading a combined $35 million U.S.

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